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So it is really just expensive Calciume Hydroxide? That's good to know.
Can't currently test for Strontium. Looks like Salifert makes a test, if it isn't terrible I will invest in it.It does have a substantial amount of strontium, while the commercial quicklime had much less. It also stays in solution in limewater.
@Randy Holmes-Farley Just tested the tank .. it is 1170 (down from 1200 before I started all of this and the corals started growing again). The mixed solution using my recipe tests at 1260ppm for a difference of 90ppm. Not sure what your calculations for the mag should be based on the Brightwell numbers.
Tank tests 1170 and solution tests at 1260. I amj using tank water as the baseline because that is where the solution is coming from.In order for that to be missing and be precipitated as magnesium hydroxide, that would mean a decline of 195 ppm magnesium in the modified tank water solution.
Just finished reading this whole thread hoping to find the answer as to do I need to dose 2 part first them kalk to get to my desired
Last test reaultsWhat are you current levels?
Last test reaults
8.2 dKH
396 Cal
1279 mag
7.6 PH
Desired (Emulating the Redsea Recipe for Mixed Reef)
11.5 dKH
450 Cal
1350 mag
8.4 PH
...and then maintain with Kalk?Ignoring the pH as you cannot dose to control that, if you want those starting levels, just dose each part of a DIY 2/3 part or other stand alone additives to attain them.
FWIW, maintaining alk that high will be a challenge.
...and then maintain with Kalk?
Roger that, thank you!Sure, if you can. Maintaining 11 dKH takes a lot more daily dosing than maintaining 7 dKH, and the limewater may not be up to the task.
@Randy Holmes-Farley sorry to unearth an online conflict, but I think the info in this thread will help me, I just want to confirm:My statement is totally accurate.
If you try to boost calcium by 40 ppm, alk will skyrocket a rise of 5.8 dKH.